---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-23-006732"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COBA"
cik: "0001727255"
company_name: "Chilean Cobalt Corp."
filed_at: "2023-09-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T08:12:22.298948+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chilean Cobalt Corp. director and country manager Ignacio Moreno dies after cancer battle

## Summary
- Ignacio Moreno Fernandez passed away on September 25, 2023 after a battle with cancer.
- Moreno served as Country Manager and board member since April 2022, and on the ESG Committee.
- CEO Duncan Blount expressed condolences; no successor has been announced.
- No financial impact or operational changes disclosed in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-23-006732
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COBA
- cik: 0001727255
- company_name: Chilean Cobalt Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1727255/000168316823006732/0001683168-23-006732-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1727255/000168316823006732/chilean_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-006732
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-006732.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-006732.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ignacio Moreno Fernandez departed as Company Manager and member of the board of directors at Chilean Cobalt Corp..
  - Action: passed away
  - Role: Company Manager and member of the board of directors
  source text: On September 25, 2023, Ignacio Moreno Fernandez (“Mr. Moreno”), Company Manager and member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Chilean Cobalt Corp. (the “Company”), passed away after an unsuccessful battle with cancer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1727255/000168316823006732/0001683168-23-006732-index.htm

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